All Discussions Tagged 'international' - Think Atheist2015-03-03T23:30:51Zhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=international&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWhat should we do about women terrorists?tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2015-01-10:1982180:Topic:15096402015-01-10T08:20:54.548ZBelle Rosehttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/BelleRose218
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">Seeing as the reality is that our future will begin to (likely) reveal more women like</font> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXCqC8pVqDA"><font color="#0563C1" face="Calibri" size="3">Hayat Boumeddiene</font></a> <font face="Calibri" size="3">who become “accomplices” of terrorism, one thing is very pressing on my mind. How are we going to handle these situations? Are we going to treat them just as we do the men? Or will there be some understanding that…</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">Seeing as the reality is that our future will begin to (likely) reveal more women like</font> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXCqC8pVqDA"><font color="#0563C1" face="Calibri" size="3">Hayat Boumeddiene</font></a> <font face="Calibri" size="3">who become “accomplices” of terrorism, one thing is very pressing on my mind. How are we going to handle these situations? Are we going to treat them just as we do the men? Or will there be some understanding that they are perhaps coerced into these acts by the men they think love them?</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">This story is unfolding before my eyes as I struggle to reconcile a lot of confusion inside myself. Just earlier today as I sat in my therapist’s office, I told her how my own family says that I am “at fault” for many things that happened to me because I “went along with it.”….Initially I was taken as a 15 year old girl, and now I’m starting to realize that (I think) I have stockholm syndrome. So with all of that being said, I will admit up front that perhaps my view of what’s going on is bias, skewed, distorted, confused, contorted, or even just plain wrong. But on the other hand I’ve lived within the world of domestic violence long enough to know that women do really really stupid things for the men they love. I’ve also witnessed as a Correction’s Officer, women get locked up due to acts that were initially instigated by their boyfriends/husbands. Not to say the woman wasn’t at fault – she was. But to say that perhaps her guilt is lessened because of the fact that she is a victim too, whether she knows it or not…</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">I have not been involved in anything to this large scale, but I will admit that I have broken the law to do what a man told me, because I loved him. I don’t know if they would be considered things that are a “big deal.” I’ve never hurt anyone. I would do things like sneak into bars with him when I was underage (still a minor.) He coached me on how to act older so we got away with it. I snuck in small little things when he was in prison. Things that could be handed off easily during visitation by the vending machines. Nothing harmful…but it would have still gotten me in BIG trouble if I had gotten caught. So I totally….TOTALLY understand how women can get sucked in to doing things they wouldn’t normally do simply because the man they love (or shall I say the man they THINK they love) is telling them to do so.</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">So my position is that with the possibility of female terrorist becoming part of the future, I advocate that they be treated differently. I advocate that they be treated as victims of domestic violence. Again….I may be totally wrong in suggesting that, but somehow I cannot help but shake off the feeling that she was simply doing what her “man” told her to do. She needs protection, and help. Professional help.</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">What do you think we should do about female terrorists? Do they deserve to be treated as victims of abuse? After all, women in the Muslim world don’t have a say or a vote in a lot of things anyway. I think they need to be protected. What do you think?</font></p>
<p></p> The start of World War III?tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2013-11-29:1982180:Topic:14109262013-11-29T02:14:01.087ZUnseenhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/Unseen
<p><em>China sent fighter jets into its newly claimed -- and hotly disputed -- air defense zone above the East China Sea on Thursday, the same day that Japan's military firmly insisted its own patrols over the area wouldn't stop because of Beijing's declaration.</em></p>
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<p><em>On Thursday, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said his nation's Self Defense Force has used ships and planes to patrol and conduct surveillance in the East China Sea since before China…</em></p>
<p><em>China sent fighter jets into its newly claimed -- and hotly disputed -- air defense zone above the East China Sea on Thursday, the same day that Japan's military firmly insisted its own patrols over the area wouldn't stop because of Beijing's declaration.</em></p>
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<p><em>On Thursday, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said his nation's Self Defense Force has used ships and planes to patrol and conduct surveillance in the East China Sea since before China claimed the air defense zone that covers much of the sea.</em></p>
<p><em>And they wouldn't stop, he insisted.</em></p>
<p><em>"We have no intention to change this operation in consideration for China," Suga told reporters.</em></p>
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<p><em>Japan isn't alone in disobeying China, which has warned military measures could be taken if planes entering the zone fail to identify themselves and submit flight planes to Chinese authorities.</em></p>
<p><em>Two unarmed U.S. B-52 bombers recently flew through the area in what the U.S. State Department characterized as a planned military exercise.</em> (<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/28/world/asia/china-japan-us-tensions/index.html?hpt=hp_t1" target="_blank">source</a> for above quotes)</p>
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<p>China has claimed extended territorial waters as a way to deny Japan's claim on an island lying between the two countries.</p> Does This Make Sense To You?tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2012-09-23:1982180:Topic:11842822012-09-23T15:10:18.822ZUnseenhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/Unseen
<p>If China's growth is subsidized at all, it's surely subsidized by the amount of goods we buy from them.</p>
<p>But they are a growing competitor with the United States and clearly want to control Asia and the Pacific.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, we have a border problem with Mexico, another country with a lot of impoverished citizens. If we're going to do a lot of trade with a country, Mexico makes a lot more sense than China. Improving their economy could eventually totally eliminate the problem of…</p>
<p>If China's growth is subsidized at all, it's surely subsidized by the amount of goods we buy from them.</p>
<p>But they are a growing competitor with the United States and clearly want to control Asia and the Pacific.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, we have a border problem with Mexico, another country with a lot of impoverished citizens. If we're going to do a lot of trade with a country, Mexico makes a lot more sense than China. Improving their economy could eventually totally eliminate the problem of undocumented "illegal" workers coming across the border for work.</p>
<p>Yet, I hear neither candidate promoting this idea? Why don't they?</p> What have you heard and think of Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez?tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2011-11-16:1982180:Topic:9344622011-11-16T16:32:55.615ZCesar Deicidehttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/CesarRodriguez
<p>I'm asking because i'm curious about how the rest of the world see his actions and attitude both locally as president and his world wide ventures. </p>
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<p>On a side note, we can also talk about Dominican Republic in general, questions are very welcome :)</p>
<p>I'm asking because i'm curious about how the rest of the world see his actions and attitude both locally as president and his world wide ventures. </p>
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<p>On a side note, we can also talk about Dominican Republic in general, questions are very welcome :)</p>